June Newton
June Newton ( June 3, 1923 in Melbourne , Australia , as June Browne ; † April 9, 2021 in Monte-Carlo ) was an Australian photographer . She became known under the pseudonym Alice Springs . She was married to the photographer Helmut Newton until his death.
Life
June Browne learned the from Germany before the Nazis fled photographer Helmut Newton in 1947 know in the photo studio in Melbourne. The two married a year later. While Helmut Newton was still unknown, she had her first successes as an actress under the pseudonym June Brunell. Because her husband was drawn back to Europe, they went together first to London and Paris in 1956 and after a short time back to Melbourne. In 1961 they finally moved to Paris.
In 1970 she started taking pictures too. According to her own account, she made her first recordings when her husband fell ill and she successfully stood in for him. Since her husband was now world-famous under the name Newton, she chose the pseudonym Alice Springs . At first she mainly worked for advertising campaigns and magazines. Later she concentrated exclusively on portrait photography. With photographs of prominent contemporaries, she had her first solo exhibition in Amsterdam in 1978 . The first illustrated book followed in 1983.
As art director , she oversaw all of her husband's exhibition and book projects. She shot the documentary Helmut by June for the French broadcaster Canal Plus . She was also always a model for her husband. The private photos the couple took of each other appeared in the 1998 illustrated book Us and Them .
On her birthday in June 2004, she opened the Museum of Photography in Berlin, which houses the collection of her husband, who had recently passed away. At the opening, the exhibitions Us and Them and Sex and Landscapes , supplemented by new images, were shown. The day before, Helmut Newton's urn was buried in the Schöneberg III cemetery in Berlin. Since 2005, works by Alice Springs have been exhibited in changing exhibitions in the Berlin Museum in the June's Room .
June Newton had lived in Monte-Carlo since 1981 . The couple regularly spent the winter months in California . She died in Monte-Carlo on April 9, 2021.
Works
- June Newton / Alice Springs: Portraits. Schirmer / Mosel, 1997, ISBN 3-88814-443-4 .
- June Newton: Mrs. Newton
Taschen Verlag, Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-8228-3057-7 .
- Helmut and June Newton: Us and Them. Scalo, ISBN 3-908247-10-1 .
- June Newton: Photographs / Alice Springs. Taschen Verlag, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-8365-2579-4 .
- Alice Springs: The Paris MEP Show (Multilingual Edition). 2017, ISBN 978-3-8365-3973-9
Exhibitions
- 2018: Alice Springs Portraits , Helmut Newton Foundation, Berlin
- 2016: Alice Springs The MEP Show / Helmut Newton Yellow Press / Mart Engelen Portraits , Helmut Newton Foundation, Berlin
- 2015: Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
- 2012: Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris; Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan
- 2011: Kestner Society, Hanover
- 2010: Retrospective , Helmut Newton Foundation, Berlin
- 2007: Snapshots Ramatuelle , Helmut Newton Foundation, Berlin
- 2005: June's Darkroom , Helmut Newton Foundation, Berlin
- 1997: Victorian Arts Center, Melbourne
- 1993: Arrêt sur l'Image Gallery, Bordeaux; Gallery at the old town hall on the market, Wittlich; University of Graphics and Book Art, Leipzig Photo Forum, Bremen
- 1992: Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles
- 1992: Gaby Fenne Gallery, Bonn
- 1991: Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn
- 1990: Museo Contemporáneo, Mexico City
Filmography
- 1989: Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge
- 1995: Helmut by June
Web links
- Literature by and about June Newton in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography at helmut-newton.de
- Book review Mrs. Newton taz March 23, 2004
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andreas Kilb , Better relaxed than sexist - Only man counts: Photographs by Alice Springs alias June Newton in Berlin, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, June 21, 2010, No. 140, p. 27.
- ↑ In Monte Carlo photographer June Newton died at the age of 97. In: faz.net. April 10, 2021, accessed April 10, 2021 .
- ↑ Alice Springs. Retrieved April 27, 2019 (UK English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Newton, June |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Springs, Alice (stage name); Browne, June (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Melbourne , Australia , |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 9, 2021 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Monte Carlo |